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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Cleon I, Chapters 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What key concept of psychohistory states that because any action can have unpredictable, chaotic effects, all actions must be as close to zero as possible?
(a) Zerocity.
(b) Nilchee.
(c) Minimalism.
(d) Dividends.

2. Who swiftly disarms a would-be assassin and gets him to name his cohorts, by threat of torture in Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 2?
(a) Hari Seldon.
(b) Kaspal Kaspalov.
(c) Dors Venábili.
(d) Mandell Gruber.

3. In Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 12, Dahl for the first time has elected how many Joranumites to its Council?
(a) 12.
(b) 7.
(c) 15.
(d) 3.

4. In what year did Cleon I succeed to the Imperial Throne?
(a) 9,872 GE.
(b) 15,128 GE.
(c) 12,010 GE.
(d) 19, 982 GE.

5. Who is Hari's protector and beloved spouse?
(a) Namarti.
(b) Wanda Seldon.
(c) Raych Seldon.
(d) Dors Venábili.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Cleon I, Chapter 9, Cleon is unaware of the requirement that gardeners be recruited from where?

2. What is the name of Dahl's worst section, where Hari's adopted son goes to search for signs of rebellion?

3. In Part 1, Eto Demerzel, Chapter 22, who practices laughing on cue for Hari and Dors before performing on camera?

4. Who is the First Minister to Emperor Cleon I?

5. Who is a native of the Dahl Sector of Trantor and a brilliant self-taught mathematician languishing as a heatsink worker when Hari Seldon encounters him in Prelude to Foundation?

(see the answer key)

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